Originally Posted by Crabby Patty
Man it is so hot here today even the central air can't keep up. It is 94 and with the heat index it feels like 115. It makes me feel like :twisted: LOL
Here is what I learned to do when I lived out in the desert and triple digits in the summer was the norm....no AC either. It works on the same principle as the cool scarves the military uses in Afghanistanan. Take a couple of ice cubes and roll them up in a dry wash cloth and drape it around your neck. As the ice melts and the cloth dampens it will cool the blood in the arteries in your neck, some major ones there. As a result you will be cooler if a little damp. The evaporation also helps. It is the same kind of thing hospitals use for heat stroke. The principal is if you cannot cool the environment then cool the blood. This worked very well for me even when I had to cook for a big hay crew during hot hot hot summer days.